Diatom assemblage in a tropical lake of northeastern Brazil

The composition and spatial variation of diatom assemblage in surface sediments of Caçó Lake (shallow, mesotrophic and weakly acid lake - Maranhão State, Brazil) were analyzed in order to know the distribution pattern of the species along the lake during rainy season (April 1999). Four zones were es...

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Main Authors: Lilian Rodrigues do Nascimento, Abdelfettah Sifeddine, Lezilda Carvalho Torgan, Ana Luiza Spadano Albuquerque
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2010-02-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132010000100030